A cool breeze buffeted Dappledfur's cream and grey pelt, as she followed Beeflight out of the camp.

Normally, she was faster than the medicine cat apprentice, but the kits growing inside of her, slowed her down considerably.

Once they were a far distance away from the camp, Beeflight turned to her, with sadness shining in his eyes.

"Dappledfur, do you remember the first day you became a warrior?" he asked.

"Yes, you dared me to go check out the clans in the other forest, WindClan, RiverClan-"

"Yes, and remember that white tom you saved from the river?"

At the mention of the tom, Dappledfur's heart fluttered in her chest.

"How could I forget? We saved him! I pulled him out of the river, and you helped nurse him back to health, he would have died without us, not a day goes by, that I don't congratulate myself on what a good deed I did, and you should be proud too!"

The fur on Beeflight's neck rose.

"You couldn't have just kept it at that could you?" he hissed, "After he was all better, you couldn't have just left him alone."

"What are you saying?"

Beeflight narrowed his eyes.

"You had to keep seeing him, moon after moon," he dug his claws into the ground, and whispered the last part so softly, that Dappledfur had to strain her ears to hear, "You had to fall in love with him."

The mottled she-cat gazed down at her paws, feeling shame over-take her.

Yes, she had fallen in love with the cat they had saved, and yes, the kits that were currently growing inside of her were his, but that didn't mean that she wasn't a loyal AcornClan cat, and that her kits wouldn't be either!

"It's over between us, he doesn't even know I'm expecting kits, he left to go find his kin, he won't bother us."

"That's not the point!" Beeflight spat, "I have to deal with the fact that I carry the knowledge with me, that there's a traitor in the clan," he shook with anger, "I thought you were better than this, Dappledfur, I thought you were loyal to the warrior code!"

"I am loyal to the warrior code!" she hissed, "Just because I made one mistake, doesn't make me a traitor! I fell in love, is that such a crime? I know you're a medicine cat, and you'll probably never understand what it's like to be in love, but-"

Warm fur cut off Dappledfur's words, as Beeflight slapped his tail over her mouth.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have judged you so harshly," he took a deep breath, "Look, I never intended to tell Whitestar your secret, I just wanted you to tell me the truth," he glanced off to the side, "We used to tell each other everything."

Dappledfur rested her tail over Beeflight's back.

"I won't keep anymore secrets from you, I promise."

The light brown tabby narrowed his eyes.

"I hope not, and while we're out here, can I ask you a favor?"

"Sure, you can ask me anything!" Dappledfur meowed; she owed the tom a life-time of favors for keeping her secret. She couldn't help but to bristle, as she imagined how angry Whitestar would be; she might even exile her and her kits!

"Dappledfur, are you alright? You look scared," Beeflight asked softly.

"Yes, I'm fine," she meowed, willing her fur to lay flat, "Now, what was this favor of yours?"

The light brown tabby shuffled his paws, looking a bit nervous, before blurting out,

"I would like to be a mentor of one of your kits, so when they're old enough, could you put in a good word to Whitestar for me?"

"But what if they don't want to be a medicine cat? And AcornClan already has you and Sapleaf, and Sapleaf isn't ready for the elder's den yet. His littermate, Honeyflower, just had her kit a moon ago!" Dappledfur exclaimed.

"I know that Dappledfur," Beeflight sighed, "You don't have to worry about whether one of them wants to be a medicine cat or not, or about the fact that AcornClan already has a medicine cat, because I'm not going to be a medicine cat anymore."

"What? Why? Ever since we were kits, you talked about nothing else, except how you wanted to be a medicine cat! You were ecstatic when Sapleaf chose you to be his apprentice! You love healing other cats, and talking to StarClan! What changed?"

Beeflight turned away, and sat down, with his head lowered.

"Nothing's changed," he meowed softly, "It just doesn't feel right, I can't go on being the medicine cat of AcornClan, knowing that I'm betraying them, by keeping your secret, it feels like I'm going against the warrior code, and a cat who goes against the code, doesn't deserve to be a medicine cat."

Guilt shot through Dappledfur's chest, why should Beeflight have to give up what he loved, just because of her mistake?

"Don't do that, I'll tell Whitestar the truth!"

"No!" Beeflight's eyes widened with horror, "Have you completely lost your mind? You know how much Whitestar hates when cats break the warrior code, she'd exile you and your kits without a second thought, and you already said that their father left to go find his kin, and that he doesn't even know about them, I can survive without being a medicine cat, but can you and your kits survive without a clan?"

"You're right," Dappledfur relented with a sigh, though his words made sense, it did nothing to relieve her guilt.

"Good, and when cats ask about who the father is, you don't have to worry, Aspenbranch has already agreed to say that he's the father."

"I thought you didn't tell anyone!" Dappledfur hissed, her guilt being replaced by anger.

Beeflight narrowed his eyes.

"I had to think of a plan didn't I? Don't worry, Aspenbranch is a very trustworthy cat, and he was your apprentice, so I highly doubt he'd betray you."

"I guess not," Dappledfur sighed, all feelings of anger left her body, and she sat down, feeling completely and utterly exhausted.

"I think we should get you back to camp," Beeflight meowed, "And you don't have to worry about anything, no one will ever know that the father of your kits is-" he narrowed his eyes, "What's his name again?"

"Darktail, his name is Darktail."

A/N: And there you have it, the prologue.

There are three clans in this story

AcornClan

CreekClan

BrightClan

There will also be cats from The Kin, maybe even Sleekwhisker or Raven had kits, who knows?

Anyway, here is the OC sheet

Name:

Clan:

Fur Color:

Eye Color:

Extra Appearance:

Personality:

Rank:

Three Additional Facts:

Other: